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| Round 3 of 14 in the2011 International V8 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 15–17 April 2011 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Hamilton,New Zealand | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Hamilton Street Circuit | |||||||||||||
| Weather | Rain, fine during second race | |||||||||||||
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The2011 ITM Hamilton 400 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-basedV8 Supercars. It was the third event of the2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 15–17 April at theHamilton Street Circuit, inHamilton,New Zealand.[1] It was the fourth running of theHamilton 400. The weekend saw two first time winners:Rick Kelly took the first victory forKelly Racing andShane van Gisbergen won the first race of his career.
The event hosted races 5 and 6 of the2011 season.2006 V8 Supercar championRick Kelly won the Saturday race from third on the grid in a mixture of wet and dry weather conditions.Paul Dumbrell did not participate in the race after a heavy crash at turn 3 in qualifying. PolesitterJamie Whincup was caught out by the damp conditions, hitting the wall while exiting the pits and damaging the steering on his car. There were many incidents in the pit lane with cars failing to stop on the slippery concrete surface, running into pit crews and cameramen. Whincup's teammateCraig Lowndes finished second whileTodd Kelly made it a double podium forKelly Racing.[2]
The Kelly brothers maintained their form through to Sunday's race, with Rick taking pole and Todd starting next to him on the front row after a rain affected qualifying session which saw only one flying lap for most of the drivers.Shane van Gisbergen won the first race of his career, holding offLee Holdsworth in the closing stages of the race.Garth Tander finished on the podium after starting the race in 19th.Steve Owen recovered from a disastrous weekend inAdelaide by finishing in the top five. Whincup had another disappointing race and left the weekend with his championship lead almost halved, 81 points ahead of Rick Kelly.[3][4]
Results as follows:[5]
Race timesheets:[8]
Qualifying timesheet:[9]
Race timesheets:[10]
| Pos | No | Name | Team | Points |
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| 1 | 88 |  Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 654 |
| 2 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Kelly Racing | 573 |
| 3 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 552 |
| 4 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | 543 |
| 5 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Performance Racing | 543 |
| Supercars Championship | ||
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| Previous race: 2011 Clipsal 500 | 2011 Supercars Championship | Next race: 2011 Trading Post Perth Challenge |
| Previous year: 2010 ITM Hamilton 400 | Hamilton 400 | Next year: 2012 ITM Hamilton 400 |
